Definition: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2014

Economic growth in the United States: A tale of two countriesequitablegrowth.org - 12/7/2016 4:40:13 AM
The rise of economic inequality is one of the most hotly debated issues today in the United States and indeed in the world ... s a tale of two countries. For the 117 million U.S. adults in the bottom half of the income distribution, growth has been ...

Population Growth By Countryworldatlas.com - 9/18/2016 11:54:31 PM
The population of the world has now surpassed 7 billion people, and it continues to increase at an alarming rate. Growth rates tend to vary from considerably from country to country, and, ironically, developing countries tend to experience higher rates of ...

World Bank lauds Ethiopia’s economic growth in a reportNazret - 12/8/2016 8:49:34 AM
“Economic growth remained at a respectable 8% in 2015/16, which is impressive especially compared to previous drought situations which often resulted in economic contraction,” said Carolyn Turk, World Bank Country ... real exchange rate led to a ...

How Europe is slowly dying despite an increasing world populationDaily Telegraph - 2/16/2015 8:24:36 AM
Despite a world population growth rate of 1.2 per cent - according to UN data from 2010, revised in 2012 - the West is seeing lower population rates, usually below 10 per cent and birth rates substantially lower compared to developing countries.

'India's oil demand to more than double to 10 million bpd by 2040'Economic Times - 12/5/2016 7:58:51 PM
"Its vibrant economy currently enjoys the fastest growth in the world with a rate ... barrels per day - a rate that surpasses China," he said addressing the Petrotech conference here. The growth is being generated by the country's transition to modern ...

Uganda on Track to Have World's Highest Population Growthworldwatch.org - 11/29/2016 11:55:02 PM
Uganda’s current growth rate is 3.1 percent, while the world average is 1.2 percent. The Ugandan government’s lack of commitment to family planning is the main reason for the country’s extraordinary population growth, says Haub. The PRB study ...

Over-populated or under-developed? The real story of population growthThe Guardian - 6/28/2016 10:29:49 AM
The rate of growth is continuing to slow – the overall ... Almost all countries have experienced reductions in family size, with 46% of the world’s population (pdf) now living in countries with low levels of fertility, where women have fewer than ...

Qatar expected to have 912,000 cars by 2020Gulf Times - 12/8/2016 7:40:58 PM
The UAE is expected to see a compound annual growth rate ... Qatar's population is set to grow at a CAGR of 3.1% between 2015 and 2020, Alpen Capital said an increasing population base is expected to further support demand for automobiles in the country.

World population growth rate: why declines stalled in the 1980s.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - 6/6/2016 11:56:10 PM
... countries combined with the sudden short-term rise in birth rates in the US and other developed countries caused the rate of world population growth to accelerate in the 1950s and 1960s. Following an all-time 2.1% peak rate of global population growth ...